Give Kids A Smile Dental Program

Nearly 1000 elementary school students receive dental services in East Baton Rouge Parish during Give Kids A Smile Days in February with local dentists. The Louisiana Dental Association (LDA), the Greater Baton Rouge Dental Association, Health Centers in Schools (HCS), and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System team up to provide educational materials and dental screenings, as well as preventative care, to first and second graders. The effort is part of the American Dental Association’s (ADA) National Give Kids A Smile (GKAS) program and also to acknowledge February as national Children’s Dental Health Month.